On Saturday,
October 23 a hardy group of Phi Betes enjoyed
a visit to Hawk
Hill, in the Marin Headlands. While
it started out very foggy, it eventually
cleared and we were treated to great views
of hawks, especially a number of redtailed
hawks. (There is an excellent picture of
a redtailed hawk here,
but I can't put it on our site because
of copyright). We also got to see Allan
Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor
Observatory, exhibit a banded sharp-shinned
hawk after banding. They have found that
putting the birds in a can, where they cannot
see, calms them and is the best way to do
the banding and survey.